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Ways to Say "Forcibly Inducted"
As a combatant, your family's safety is threatened by your captors. "Return to your platoon as a spy for us, and your family's lives will be spared." You accept the terms with steadfast ...
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Word that means to overcomplicate or dress up a simple observation
I am looking for a word that means overcomplicating a simple point. Essentially I need a verb for the word jargon. The sentence I am trying to fit in in is:
"These discussions, couched in the ...
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What's the verb for troop movement, when a unit of soldiers travel by foot together? [closed]
I'm fairly certain there's a verb for this. It's on the tip of my tongue. These are the parameters of the word:
It's a verb for what they're all doing together (I'm not looking for words like "...
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A better alternative to "taking out pomegranate seeds by hands"
Today, I found the usage of the verb "peel" in OffSet site, which says:
Man's hands peeling a pomegranate.
I am sure that "peel" can easily be used in "peeling potatoes", as we strip off their ...
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Best synonym for "keep" in this context
I want to describe a new product which is an improved version of an existing one. The new product has all the features from the existing product, and adds a few new features.
I am looking for a nice ...
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Looking for a verb that describes the movement of a breeze [closed]
I am looking for a word that descibes how a breeze travells over a beach.
It it was a wind, it could be blowing over the beach, past the rocks and gras, but blowing seems too fast for a breeze. My ...
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Real word for "productionalize"
I am looking for an alternative to the term productionalize. I believe the generally accepted definition of the word says that it means "to make a software prototype ready for production". In a ...
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Is there a verb form for "Template", or such synonym?
My research shows that the word Template exists only as a noun.
Dictionary.com
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The Free Dictionary
I feel comfortable using the word to Template, or Templating (as a verb or gerund), to ...
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Are there single word alternatives that incorporate the "quantitative/ cumulative increase" aspect of the word "upvote"?
As per Wiktionary, the definition of "upvote" is the following
To vote for, increasing a cumulative tally of popularity.
Note that the phrase "a cumulative increase" in the above definition ...
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Single verb meaning "to become more interested" or "to let your attention be caught"
Is there is a single verb that describes the action of becoming more alert and attentive to something?
If a teacher were to rivet students with an engrossing story or if a passerby were to strike up ...
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Word for "lose something temporarily"
Is there any verb which means that I lost something but actually you're sure that it isn't lost forever? So I don't know where is it now but if I was looking for it, I would find it. Or, I put it ...
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What do tweezers do? [closed]
The other day, I had an acne blemish that I couldn't reach. Naturally, my wife was all too happy to take care of it for me. It turned out there was an ingrown hair inside. She said "I can't get it out ...
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Equivalent for "personify" that's not human-specific
I'm looking for a word that is similar to personify, but that would imply it has life-like qualities, rather than human-like.
For example, I am discussing the fact that a self-driving car, if ...
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What is the word for the movement you make when you give someone your hand?
When someone falls down and you give your hand to her but she doesn't hold your hand, what's the proper word for the gesture you've done. You extend your hand? Is "extending a hand" right usage as a ...
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Advance to same level [closed]
I was trying to think of a verb today that means "to advance multiple developmental paths to the same level." An example of a context in which this would be useful is in data storage. I have two ...
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